Windows 10: remaping of keys through widnows API or registry

Hey,i bought a new keyboard and ran into a problem that the shortcut key for snipping tool wasnt working i thought it was something with the software of the windows operating system but then i found that my keys itself wasnt registering... it does somehow register win+shift+any other key but not "s" so i was thinking if there were a way to directly enter the registry and change that "S" to the closest letter "A" or "D" i'm aware of the power tools method but i dont want an app to be running in the background and acting as a middle man between by keystrokes and commands as i have a very bad pc

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Remapping key FROM REGISTRY

Samuel,

Thanks for the challenge!

Code:

Open an Administrator PowerShell window by right-clicking on Start or pressing WinKey+X and select
[b]Windows PowerShell (Admin)[/b]
Then, copy and paste the following commands into the window. All the lines can be copied &  pasted at once.
Copy up to the final 'e' of "-Force":
$Remap = New-Object -TypeName byte[] -ArgumentList 20

$Remap[8] = 2

$Remap[12] = 0x53

$Remap[13] = 0xe0

$Remap[14] = 0x52

$Remap[15] = 0xe0

$key = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout'

New-ItemProperty -Path $key -Name 'ScanCode Map' -Value $Remap -Force
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Once copied, press <Enter> and the commands will execute:
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Then close all windows and [i][b]Restart.[/b][/i]
Tested and worked on my machine.

Keith

 

Remapping key FROM REGISTRY

My 'delete' key doesn't work anymore. I'd like to remap it to the 'insert' key. I've tried EVERY. SINGLE. Third party program. I've tried Microsoft's program for remapping. None have worked.

I want to go straight through the registry so I can do ctrl-alt-del. I haven't found a single post detailing how to do so. If someone could direct me to such instructions or give them to me here I'd be forever grateful.

 

remapping keys

I used SharpKeys a few years ago to remap some keys. my ditties about SharpKeys - post #3 & post #5 - TenForums Denis